A/N: Short chapter, sorry!  Thanks for all the awesome reviews, they keep me motivated!!

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Spinner stood nervously by his locker, knowing that at any minute Jay would be coming for him.

He took a deep breath You can do this Spin… Jay's not that scary.. he's… ah who are you kidding he's freakin terrifying. And you are so dead!

He glanced down the hallway and saw Jimmy wheel himself around the corner. The sight of his best friend in a wheelchair strengthened his resolve, and when Jay did finally appear he was neither surprised, nor unprepared. He was ready.

Jay grabbed him by the throat and dragged him into the empty MI Lab. So far so good Spinner thought as his heart nearly pounded out of his chest.

"Jay, what the hell are you doing man?"

Jay had hauled him off his feet by his shirtfront and they were now nose to nose. Spinner could feel Jay's breath hot on his face as Jay's chest heaved with anger.

"What the hell did you put in my locker, Gavin?" Jay demanded.

"…What are you talking about Jason? Let me go!"

Jay pulled the note and feather out of his pocket and shoved it in Spinner's face, tightening his hold on him. "I'm talking about this assmunch! 'I KNOW IT WAS YOU' ? Come on, is that the best you could come up with? That's a little 'teen movie', don't you think??"

"Dude, I did not put that in your locker!! Maybe someone knows what we did." Spinner was genuinely panicked, even though it had nothing to do with being found out, so he knew it sounded realistic.

"Don't mess with me man, nobody knows! Rick thought Jimmy pulled the prank." Jay replied

"Yeah, because you made him think that!!"

"Look, I didn't tell Rick that Jimmy did it, I just happened to mention Jimmy.. and the prank.. within earshot of Rick, when I knew he was listening, and would maybe take it that way." Jay shrugged and Spinner swore he smirked a little.

"Jay – don't you feel even a little bit guilty?? Jimmy had nothing to do with the prank. It was you, and it was me. And it's our fault that Jimmy will never walk again. He was my best friend Jay. And I got him shot. And paralyzed. And what about you? Sean was your best friend, and you almost got him killed. He left because of what we did! Don't you care!?" Spinner's voice was shaking as he confronted Jay.

For a brief second, something Spinner thought was guilt crossed Jay's face.

"Man, Rick got what he deserved. So we dumped feathers and paint on him, so what. We didn't say 'here Rick, go shoot people'. I think it was the best idea I've ever had. What, did you forget what Rick did to Terri? As for Jimmy and Sean, yeah. I feel bad. But do you think I'd have planned the prank, or made Rick think Jimmy did it, or any of that if I knew for one second that the kid was psycho?"

Spinner shook his head "That doesn't change what happened Jay. It doesn't bring back Sean, it won't fix Toby's nightmares, it won't make Emma ok, and it sure as hell doesn't help Jimmy walk again. Look dude, I didn't put that stuff in your locker."

Jay looked long and hard at him "You better be telling the truth. Because if I found out you did…." He trailed off and stalked out of the room.

Spinner let out the breath if felt like he'd been holding ever since Jay grabbed him. He waited until he was sure Jay was gone.

"He's gone." He said in a low voice.

Sean stepped out from his crouching place behind the teacher's desk. He went over to Mr. Simpson's computer and made a few clicks. He spun the screen around so Spinner could see. Jay and Spinner appeared on the screen, and Jay's every word was clearly immortalized on screen.

Spinner gave Sean a small smile. "Thank God for modern technology!"

"Looks like all the training Simpson gave me over the summer on this thing really paid off." He clicked a few more times, and then ejected a CD. "Can't have too many backups".

Well, the hardest part is over. Now I just have to wait for the perfect time to expose Jay. Sean thought. After checking to make sure Jay was nowhere in sight, he walked out of the lab, and ran smack into Emma. She gasped, and a brief expression crossed her face before she had time to hide it. Sean couldn't quite decipher it, but he thought it looked a little like.. happiness. The look was quickly replaced by panic, and without a word, she continued along the hallway. Sean felt a small stab of pain.. but he ignored it. He did however glance behind him in time to see Emma looking behind her, staring at him. As their eyes met, she held his gaze for a brief moment, unspoken words passing between them, before breaking the spell and walking away.

Sean shook his head and continued on his way, he had final preparations to make.

Emma walked along the hall, deep in thought after her encounter with Sean. She'd been replaying Friday night's conversation in her head constantly ever since it happened. Their confrontation had snapped Emma out of the haze she'd been in ever since the shooting. After 3 years, Sean had finally said the three words she'd wanted so desperately to hear from him. And she'd told him to go to hell. Stupid Emma, Stupid! She'd hated telling a flat-out lie to Sean's face, but that's what she'd done by denying her feelings for him. It didn't change anything though, she knew she wasn't good enough for Sean anymore. Funny, so many people had tried to convince her Sean wasn't good enough for her, back when he was a 'bad boy'. But Emma knew better. She knew he had an incredible heart. Now it was her heart she wasn't sure about. It was so battered, she didn't know how much more it could take, and she thought it was inevitable that if she told Sean how he felt, he'd leave her when he found out she was no longer Virtuous Emma. Who would want her if they knew what she'd done with Jay? For some reason, she didn't care what anyone thought of her.. anyone but Sean. And she knew she had to do something. After seeing the look on Sean's face, the pain when he looked at her, she knew she had to tell him how she felt. She owed him at least that. After that, when everything fell apart and he told her didn't want her, at least he'd have one good memory of her to hold on to. But first, she had to find Jay.